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  "meta": {
    "source": "Wyoming Game and Fish Department annual harvest reports \u2014 Ten-year Comparison of Statewide Harvest Statistics tables (2021 and 2025 editions)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://wgfd.wyo.gov/hunting-trapping/harvest-reports-surveys",
    "note": "Statewide licenses sold, active hunters, and total harvest, seasons 2012-2025, merged from the ten-year tables of the 2021 and 2025 reports; the 2016-2021 overlap between the two reports matched exactly. Success%% = total harvest / active hunters (WGFD's active-hunter success definition). Deer series is MULE DEER specifically (the reports also publish total-deer and white-tailed ten-year tables).",
    "extracted": "2026-08-29"
  },
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        "series": [
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            "hunters": 57331,
            "harvest": 26365,
            "successPct": 46.0
          },
          {
            "season": 2013,
            "licensesSold": 70904,
            "hunters": 57785,
            "harvest": 25968,
            "successPct": 44.9
          },
          {
            "season": 2014,
            "licensesSold": 71781,
            "hunters": 58266,
            "harvest": 25905,
            "successPct": 44.5
          },
          {
            "season": 2015,
            "licensesSold": 72238,
            "hunters": 58959,
            "harvest": 24749,
            "successPct": 42.0
          },
          {
            "season": 2016,
            "licensesSold": 71294,
            "hunters": 58159,
            "harvest": 25852,
            "successPct": 44.5
          },
          {
            "season": 2017,
            "licensesSold": 70593,
            "hunters": 56505,
            "harvest": 24535,
            "successPct": 43.4
          },
          {
            "season": 2018,
            "licensesSold": 70608,
            "hunters": 55978,
            "harvest": 25091,
            "successPct": 44.8
          },
          {
            "season": 2019,
            "licensesSold": 69969,
            "hunters": 53843,
            "harvest": 22644,
            "successPct": 42.1
          },
          {
            "season": 2020,
            "licensesSold": 73961,
            "hunters": 57631,
            "harvest": 26491,
            "successPct": 46.0
          },
          {
            "season": 2021,
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            "successPct": 42.9
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          {
            "season": 2022,
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            "hunters": 58122,
            "harvest": 27011,
            "successPct": 46.5
          },
          {
            "season": 2023,
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            "harvest": 28353,
            "successPct": 53.5
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          {
            "season": 2024,
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            "harvest": 30744,
            "successPct": 52.5
          },
          {
            "season": 2025,
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            "successPct": 47.8
          }
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            "harvest": 27694,
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          {
            "season": 2013,
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            "hunters": 48721,
            "harvest": 25410,
            "successPct": 52.2
          },
          {
            "season": 2014,
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            "harvest": 26086,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2015,
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            "harvest": 28316,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2016,
            "licensesSold": 72458,
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            "harvest": 31237,
            "successPct": 58.9
          },
          {
            "season": 2017,
            "licensesSold": 69558,
            "hunters": 50264,
            "harvest": 27134,
            "successPct": 54.0
          },
          {
            "season": 2018,
            "licensesSold": 68504,
            "hunters": 48632,
            "harvest": 26141,
            "successPct": 53.8
          },
          {
            "season": 2019,
            "licensesSold": 70422,
            "hunters": 48404,
            "harvest": 24178,
            "successPct": 50.0
          },
          {
            "season": 2020,
            "licensesSold": 71263,
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            "harvest": 21370,
            "successPct": 44.9
          },
          {
            "season": 2021,
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            "harvest": 18944,
            "successPct": 43.5
          },
          {
            "season": 2022,
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            "successPct": 43.9
          },
          {
            "season": 2023,
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          {
            "season": 2024,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2025,
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          }
        ]
      },
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        "label": "Pronghorn",
        "series": [
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            "harvest": 49837,
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          {
            "season": 2013,
            "licensesSold": 58904,
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            "harvest": 41064,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2014,
            "licensesSold": 48853,
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            "harvest": 35464,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2015,
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            "harvest": 35648,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2016,
            "licensesSold": 52205,
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          },
          {
            "season": 2017,
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            "harvest": 42294,
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          {
            "season": 2018,
            "licensesSold": 61512,
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}